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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Joe make plans to meet Benji?

2. What does Joe discover inside Peach's home?

3. What happened while the owner of the bookshop was punishing Joe?

4. Why is the ladle important to Beck?

5. What trendy drink does Joe hate?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Joe help Beck during a dangerous situation?

2. How does Joe dispose of Benji?

3. On what surprising topic does Joe quiz Benji? What are the results?

4. What does Benji give Joe? What does he tell him about this item?

5. Who is Candace and what does the reader know about her?

6. What enables Joe to monitor Beck's communications with others?

7. What is the "cage," and where is it located?

8. Who interrupts Joe and Beck as they are assembling her bed? What is the outcome of this interruption?

9. What does Joe learn about Benji?

10. How does Joe get inside Beck's apartment and what does he do there?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What do you think the future has in store for Joe after the close of the novel? Predict the future for Joe based on his thoughts and actions throughout the novel.

Essay Topic 2

Does Joe experience any change over the course of the novel? In what ways does he change and in what ways does he remain the same?

Essay Topic 3

Near the end of the novel, Joe remarks, “you should own what you love, it’s that simple.” How does he live this idea? What are the positive effects of living by this idea? What are the negative effects?

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